8.18.10

Hows it going again, luckily last week went by fast and p day is here, to start off, sorry about last week, it was just a big letdown of a pday. i was just in a bad mood. just one of those days when nothing goes your way. but today was awesome. we did had an asado as a zone. and we played soccer. it was insanely fun. it helped out that i had bought some actual soccer shoes too. lol. we went looking for some this morning and the very last place i went i found the ones i wanted. they are pretty cool. then we played mafia. that was actually really fun. i was one of the assassins and they never caught me. hahaha. we did that the whole day. i never really got really tired though. normally it just wears me out. but lately me and my comp have been going on morning runs and then some exercises. it really helps out alot. especially with my mood. hopefully I'm losing a little weight. I'm nowhere near fat but i have gained several pounds and i don't want them. so hopefully i can continue with the exercises. so this last week wasn't bad. kinda fun actually. yesterday and Monday i had a lot do. transfers are next week so i have to prepare for the missionaries leaving and coming. one thing i was doing is the missionary cards. just a card with the picture and some of their simple info. we use this to make a visual list of the missionaries and their areas. so i designed a new style because the old one was really ugly. just have to see what pres thinks. then on Sunday none of our investigators came but we have been working with this inactive family and the daughter has been coming. she skipped out on work to come. lol. so i gave her a high five. oh this last Monday i went on splits wtih a guy in our ward. we passed by alot of inactive members. back to Sunday. in elders quorum they made alist of names of inactive and we passed by them. it was cool to see them finally take initiative. that's how it should really be. later that day we went to a less active members house. we have been going over there alot recently because its an incomplete family. so there is potential to baptize. they are really fun though. they always feed us something. last night they gave us this homemade chicken noodle soup but without chicken. but it was super good. and the son that never wants to have anything to do with the church finally sat down and we got to know him a little more. on Saturday we had splits with the zone leaders. i went with elder decilia. he is and Argentine and he is super funny. not that he has a joke to say but just the way he says it is really funny. he teaches really well too. we did contacts like crazy and we met a lot of people. the thing i like is that he is able to ask alot of different questions to get them to open up. i still haven't developed that really well. but its getting there. I'm more direct with how i say it. i should probably change. also on Saturday the ward did a party for one of the old ladies. she turned 80. so we had good food and good music. one member brought in his computer and some speakers and he was playing all the popular songs. it was really fun. there is this one inactive family that we pass by. we have been trying to get them to come again. but anyways their son wanted a book of Mormon but as all little kids go he was shy to ask. so he told his grandma and of course we gave him one. but only if he would read what we marked for him and if he prayed. so we go back on Tuesday and the parents said that he was wondering when we would come by next because he had already read. i told him if he did i would come back with a surprise. so i gave him a dollar. then we gave him something else to read and hes like, can we read it now? so we all took turns reading and we got almost everyone to read. then he said he wanted to come to church this next Sunday. so i think we´ll use him to get the family activated again. then on Thursday we had district meeting. i was really tired and i guess i take after mom because as soon as i stop doing stuff and take a moment to sit down i immediately fall asleep. ha ha. jeez thanks mom, hahaha. jk i love you. then we had some awesome ice cream. if only people realized how much having food and some sort of meeting will excite people to participate. lol. at least that's how it works with me. so to give a highlight of last week a well. i don't remember much but on Sunday we gave lesson one to a young couple, they are members and they gave us lunch. then we decided to show them how the first lesson goes. that's actually something that helps gain the members trust and then they can help out in the lessons when they give us references. its not very often but occasionally we do get references. its weird how many members don't know how to talk to someone about the gospel. but if we only practiced we wouldn't be as afraid. we would know exactly what to say. i think that would have had a big difference if i had know how to teach someone. so maybe what you can do for a family night is sit down and try to make a fun interactive lesson for family night using preach my gospel. then make it a challenge to go teach someone or to be ready in case someone ever asks. so the other day i made some Yahtzee score sheets. i just need to play it now. maybe one of these nights before we go to bed we can. that would be fun. so recently i have been reading in second nephi. i just finished it yesterday. even though the Isaiah chapters are still hard to understand i kind of enjoyed them. i like how nephi put all of it together. for me its like his version of the first lesson. i like how he uses the Isaiah chapters to back it up. and at the very end there is a quote that i really like, he says how if we believe in Christ then we will believe in his words. and then he says, " And if they are not the words of Christ, judge ye,-for Christ will show unto you with great power and great glory, that they are his words, and at that last day; you and i shall stand face to face before his bar; and ye shall know that i have been commanded of him to write these things, notwithstanding my weakness", then later it says how if we don't heed them to have caution for they will judge us in the last day. i love how he words it all, he says it so powerfully. it kinda makes me wonder if anyone has ever thought that i have said something with power like that. if not its OK. either way nephi will see them at the last day and he is going to wrestle them to the ground and rub their noses in some dog poop. hahaha. i think it would be funny if he was there just pointing saying to all the people, " I told you so!!!!" probably wont ever happen but it would still be funny. another thing that i was thinking about is how i have been able to use what i have read in the scrips in a lesson later that day. it happens so often. its like god waits until we are prepared a little beforehand so we can be ready. its all these small things that are testimony builders. well family that's about all i can think of for right now. hopefully you will enjoy this email more than the last one. hope everything goes well for you dad, and your operation. your guys are always in my prayers. you guys really worry me, I'm always hearing about family and relatives that are always sick, they're in my prayers as well. i wish there was something more i could do. or at least be there for you guys. so don't make me worry and keep safe. I'm pretty sure you re in more danger than i am. ha ha. well keep it safe and fun. hey if you guys want. you could send me some goodies sometime. that always makes a fun day down here. maybe a random letter as well. its kinda depressing seeing so many others getting lots of letters. its not a big deal but it would make me feel happy. if you have time that is. well hopefully all goes well for you guys this week. until next Wednesday!!